EDC 430 F09 CL07 - How Do I Plan Lessons

Agenda for Class 07: How Do I Plan Lessons for My Unit?

• Objectives
  • Describe the tools that teachers use to plan instruction and identify their strengths.
  • Reflect on how you see teachers plan and how you've planned lessons for other classes.
  • Describe the parts of a lesson plan.
  • Apply the Rhode Island lesson plan format to "back plan" a science lesson.
• Activities
  • Take a few minutes to share: What is happening at your schools?
  • KWL - Lesson planning
  • The Rhode Island Lesson Plan template
    • Resource:RIDE Lesson Planning Overview
    • Resource: RIDE Lesson Planning Guidelines
  • Backward engineer a lesson plan for a science lesson sequence.

This Week's Assignments

• Due Monday:
  • Reading:
    • Fried, Ch 5: The Greatest Obstacle.
    • Roe, Smith, & Ross: Classroom Management
      

      Classroom Management.pdf
      

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  • Post on URITK:
    • Reactions to Fried Ch 5
    • Finalize Unit Plan descriptors (Overview, Learning Performances, Concept Map, Description of Lesson Sequence)
    • Try to develop one lesson plan using RI Lesson Plan Template

• Post review of second professional journal article on URIteacherknowledge wiki
• Useful to look over:
  • Resource: Classroom Inquiry Jigsaw